A survey of the occurrence of deoxynivalenol in wheat from 1986-1988 harvests in the USSR

V A Tutelyan; K I Eller; V S Sobolev; V V Pimenova; L P Zakharova; N I Muzychenko

doi:10.1080/02652039009373914

A survey of the occurrence of deoxynivalenol in wheat from 1986-1988 harvests in the USSR

Food Addit Contam. 1990 Jul-Aug;7(4):521-5. doi: 10.1080/02652039009373914.

Authors

V A Tutelyan¹, K I Eller, V S Sobolev, V V Pimenova, L P Zakharova, N I Muzychenko

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Nutrition, USSR Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow.

PMID: 2394272
DOI: 10.1080/02652039009373914

Abstract

The occurrence of deoxynivalenol (DON; vomitoxin) in wheat from 1986-1988 harvests in the USSR was surveyed. A significant frequency of DON contamination (81.3% of samples analyzed) was observed. A correlation between levels of DON contamination and percentage of Fusarium-damaged kernels was demonstrated. It was shown that DON contamination did not exceed the maximum tolerated level (MTL) established in the USSR (1.0 mg/kg) if samples contained no more than 0.6% of Fusarium-damaged kernels.

MeSH terms

Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
Food Analysis
Food Contamination
Fusarium / isolation & purification
Sesquiterpenes / analysis*
Trichothecenes / analysis*
Triticum / analysis*
Triticum / microbiology
USSR

Substances

Sesquiterpenes
Trichothecenes
deoxynivalenol